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THE CHARLUl"l‘E’l‘OWNLVv‘QUARDIAN

JANU , ARY 12 19.4,,

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President: Llent. Col W. Chute: B. lollro vice-President: J. R. " on, p, ,|_ |, Secretary: Ueut. 00L l). A. lilnclilnnen. 0.5.0, lifter and Managing Director: J. B. Burnett. r44, A-oelnte Editors: Frank Walker mu u“; u. A. Burnett. R.C.N.V.B. lUn Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory i; Wgflkgy 1'15“ the Weaker! Ink.‘

_> refiner." Jaivuanviistuu Voice Of The Legion

The Lrgiumlryg organ of the Canadian Leg- ion. while welcoming the change of govern- ment policy" on the conscription issue, savs the Legion "must not. and will not. forget‘ that, Is a sop to the ziliti-coiiscriptioliists. the Gov- ernment iiinced a limit of 16.000 on the iium» bcr to be conscripted at present." The fact that Gerruany has launched a major offgngivg 0H the Western Front proves that it is mad- ness tn imagine this war is practically over. That the licriuniis have been able, siiice the Allied victories in France and llelgiuul last later, to reform —- and reform witli a vengeance their armies for further great battles in ihe \\'est, while at the same time they irivc slowed down the bussiaiis iii the liast null continued with coiisiderablc determina- tion their rdsiance in Italy-this fact surely points to zhe probability that the Canadian Army oversees will need reinforcements far in excess J‘ the 10,000 men presently being provided.

“There is absolutely no sense iii shutting our eyes to this unpleasant fact." says the Legitim- My. “Germany, in spite of terrific losses in- flicted upon her. still has a powerful army numbering millions of men who. for the most 1nrt. are fiuhtiug fauatically and are skill- fully led. Whether we like it or not, this is the situat-on which confronts Canada and her _ . allies at the turn of the year, and there are, in i, _' addition. numerous signs that the war with _l'ipaii may also inst a good deal longer thzui ' most people expected.

"So, as we enter the year 1945. let all of us Canadians ~~- from cabinet ministers down ~—delermiue to shed the complacent Optimism

, that ha»: ruzirked our actions iii rcccut m0n1h~. int u; be realistic nud recognize with .\ir. Churchill that desperate fighting lies ahead fut‘

1.: .- yirobably man} more months. .\nd let us of.

' the Canadian Legion icsolve to make certain that our Government uses its uc\\'l_v—ciirllii'scd p piiwci" lif vnuzcriptiou to send Canada's fight- . i - iiig sons ‘.\'ilZ\l(‘\El' rciuforveiiicnts they may re-

. quires-not just lliooo iiieii. but three or four

' time: 117.com, if ilccrl he."

BniikswAiid biaiuageci Money

Th!’ lliultll-vzis of a central bank aurl the the» ory and practice of mnmigeii money have given rifle to "i grrn: lll.l|i_\ conflicting .viewe and viiiiiitiiis. Pcrlinps thcrc is no subject relating to our domestic ccriiioziiy about which so mauv ;-_ > r. isuudcrstzuldiiigs uxisl. This was, evidenced ;~-} at the so. ns last summer of the Ranking and -, Csiulmcrcr. Committee of the House of Com-

‘ mulls. Out of some lli1l(‘l\‘ hours of Ctiiiiiiiittqo sittings. iuly zibliut six hours in all were oc- tupicd by examination of representative; of the cliartewd banks. , ‘ cirs of tiic banks came in for considerable criti-

.; 1r:- of flu‘ fact tlinl lbw powers of the chart~ cred banking >_\'.~ll"lll ;i~ a whole to extend credit

pow cff-vttvrly regulatctl by the Flank of Cali- ._ Via.

mcnl fiuziiiciitg through the banking system, M51116 innit-sting information ivas given by Mr. . ‘ d. C. Gardner. vice-president and general man- . ‘ if eger of the Bank of Uontreal. ‘ (l0l‘lll(‘fl if businessmen generally realize the great change that has taken place in our fili- iilifiiil system since the wnr. Before the ivzii: the Bank cf Canada was required to maintain a reserve in polrl coin rind bullion of not less than 2', per criii of its ilcposit and iiotc liabilities. Tn 11'§i\‘li(‘(‘ llii. rcscrvi~ requirement was greatly fQHUiPll. but :it niiy lute the 25 pcr cent mini- nuiiii ratio could be regarded as providing an illlCllfil‘ which did sot a limit to the expansion- hl'_\' tlctivitirs of the central bank. On the out- lircnk of war, howvvrr, this limiting factor was n-movetl by lI1'(it‘l'-lil-ClillllCll, for which provis~ ion was made when the Bank of Canada Act “as passed in 1934. Consequently, we are

lfndcr these conditions there is. at fell iii theory, no limit beyond which expansion of credit cannot be carried; no limit, that is. ex- cept the safeguards which the prudence, knowl- edge and wisdom of those in authority furnish. A related fact is that thcrc is also no theoretical limit to the cxtciil to which a 1iolic_y_of currency depreciation could he followed. The purchasing power of the Vauatlinii dollar is subject to gov- ernmental policy aud is not tied to gold in any ‘Nay \\‘ll.".l5'l(‘\\‘l'.

Hzuingrtl lllllll(‘_\', .\ir. (iariliier conceded, has its advantages; but it also has its elements of potential danger. This danger would be- come actual if practical effect were given to the \'il‘\\' of some extremists. that the one 50v- ercigii minedy for tlic problems of public fin-i nice, production and employment, is simply the

Historv is replete with examples of the fact that if a government continues to supply its nccds by the operation of a printing press.

iztcrienlvlu Ii\ ~"'.'ll(:""'i."lY "o ‘v "ifs-re

wealth. With our expanding national debt it is essential that we increase the sources of our national income, because it is only with an ex- panding economy that w: shall find (iurseivcs alle to carry without strain the burden of (iebt which will be the financial legacy of the war.‘

meetings in the Week of Prayer. a e a in

(hall-Provincial is not known. Health is in Ottawa looking after loaves and fishes?

rersity ll4€ been disbanded iii accordance with recent changes in R. C. A. F. policy. members of the corps will Officers Training Corps.

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watchful eye on the progress or otherwise of the new Car Ferry. It is comforting to learu on the authority of the Naval architect. that progress in the work is "very satisfactory in view of vvnr situation." i ll

lish historian, born in India this appointed professor of

lorical publications include, lVar-teick The King- Alakrr.

While the credit poli- sumption of butter, margarine and cheese is down by l4 per cent, of fresh iiiczit. bacon anil Plilll, much oi ll was voiqw] gcclllififlly in igiior- ham by 24 per cent, of fruit and fruit juices bv

is down by .15 psi" cctil. of booths and sliocs by tlzr-iugl: i‘J.ll1S and tht: purchase of securities are 9}‘ l)?!‘ CF"?- Qi lllflllli"? b)’ 77 ll" KT"!-

Iii tit,- i-iiiirso of a YQQQHI 34411-55 m, goverii- the whole country has been daiiitigetl. one in i thirty destroyed or made uiiiuhabitable. I ll

Mr. Gardner priority- of the (“ziiiadinii coal indcistr_v—likcl_v to fnriii the basis of government post-ivar iiolicy toward the illdllSll)'—-‘§l3l'lS next week when a Royal Commission headed by Mr. justice W. F. Car- roll of Halifax, opens an inquiry at Sydney. N. S. numbers Mr. vlliSiiilf’, LIL‘. Mclaauriu and I\ll§.{ll:

reference and it is expected the investigation

just been meeting in Ottawa, announces the now completely in an era of managed money . with all It." implications. among other things, to assist the clam industry of the .\la-itime Provinces by introducing clam farming. What this means is that clams will be transplanted from beds where, for one reu- son or another, they do uot reach commercial rite, to beds where they Will attain maximum w 1!.’0vvth. build up the income of inshore fishermen and to assure larger supplies of claims for the can- neries so they can continue to fill increasin

demands. »

Ivfaritimer for the first time in history is elect- ed to the directorate of the C. P._R. . person of Mr, Howard P. Robinson, Saint 131m, N, B. One of the greatest hardships suf- ‘Ls-ed by the Maritimcs is the fact that tlie_C. l’. R. from the outset went on the assumption issuance of currency. that Canada began at Montreal and went west. All behind that was looked upon by the sums- NYC railway company as practically "N0fiflflifi Land". and we were allowed “to stew Ill 01H‘

eventually that currency becomes worthless and .>\\'l1 juice," ivith the mwrc-or-less inefficient tli» |1(‘I>|)lL' i-clusc to accept it. lmei-colonial Railway‘. wlliCll 8 mtlmb" "f E1115‘

Dealing with the tendencies toward exten oral Government once described ‘as existlllfl ti-m of giivcriiiiii-ntal intervention in the eco largely for the purpose of zlvlllK hlarillm“- fllPllliC HWlPF lvitli iii fiOZIIQSliC and exzernai "embers of Parliament and their frieudsfree cniiimercr, .\ir. l-"Tlllff iiiuiiitafirrtl ' ‘his qranspqi-pition, Perhaps the KW MIFIYIYTW raised “fiat is re 4 a ".‘ ' Ar: blind in the C, I’. R. directorate ml)‘ lfilldfo‘ ‘Vi’ ii-a a path-u. going rrcarc.’ L» "We tlil wards .1 sane, sound and'1ll‘01!i'!5!i\’¢ PQlKY 5"

5,1» ,-..~ \ ai-itimc claims and interests are con- iiccessary, to help private inéuetr; In kip it-legmed.

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R"; 0i’ are we going to become a nation of lccners on government, looking to governmental agencies for our very existence, instead of to the initiative and enterprise of individuals to

create prosperity?

“It seems to me," Mr. Gardner maintain- ed. "that Canada has a great opportunity to eiii- barl. upon an area of prosperity after the war, provided we handle our affairs properly. We have an abundance of raw material of various kinds: ills war has forced rapid ilcveiopment of new industrial techniques, and we have r1 working furcc that has reached new peaks of SKili and efficiency. It seems to me, there- fore, that we can support many new industries provided we encourage those with kiioivledg: and experience and those with capital to de- velop our natural resources which means the converging of potentill wealth into actual

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Toriigiht will be the last of the series of

\\'li_v we are not represented at the lied- ilealth Conference iii Toronto is it because our .\liiiistcr of

it in e it- The air lraiiiiiig corps nt Dnlhousie lini-

Fifty join the Canadian

The Board of Tracie wisely C0iili|lli€S a

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Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, Eug- date, 1360; .\ll)(.iPl'l'l History. Ox- ford. 1905: became President of the Royal ‘rlistoi-icol Socicz; iii I017: his iiuuicrotls .s-

S/iar! [lirlory of the Byzantine Elit- fvr, History of the .41"! nf li"t1i' m l/w Jlfddl: Jfylcr, A History of Elly/mid lie/ore I/lc N0."- fllflft Coliqilrsl, lf/vllfiigluifx /fV/li_\‘.

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Amidst all the tragedy of the war in Etirope. tliere are humorous incidents. in litillaiid, wlicrl: the Cauarliaiis are posted, a lone (ieriuau soldier who attacked a British tank armctl only with a rifle was spanked by one of the tnuk crew when the Tommy discovered the Licrmztn was a lli-_\Ca!‘-Oi(i boy. Then the iauk crew le-.l tfe prisoner to licziduuzirtcrs ziud ordcrcd‘ liilu to stand in a corner. This was too much fnr the young Nazi who ilcmzuitlcil be be executed. Iu~ stead, he went to a prison camp.

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The people of Great Britniu have FCtlHCEFl their o\'ei'-all consumption by .31 pci cciif. They How spend only 51 pcr cciit of their iHCOIHCSZ mxes and savings take the rcsl. (jiviliau cou-

51 pcr cciit. . Livilinii (Ollsllllllllillll of clothes 'l‘hc average passenger train carries f) passengers for 4 before the wnr One house iii three ii:

Again, the hiaritimes to have Government An investigation into all phases

The COlllllilSSiUli—'-\VlliCll includes as Morrison, United Kline Worker (C.C.L.) of- ficial, both of Calgary—has broad terms of

will be the most thorough undertaken of the iudustrv which has some 25.000 employees.

' in in ir research board has

The Federal fisheries

cam! John Telegrap/i-Joilrlld. It decided.

The idea behind the plan is to help

Uilt

The Maritimes are getting on, when a

in the

flutes By The Way

We'd better tear up ell those fanciful tinletabis-lf the Ger- mans haven't, done it for us any- how-and go back to the old- fashioned notion that all the timetables depend upon the ro- gress of the ehflotlnl war. — en- couver Province. .

Seine military commentators sL-eedy comparing the current German counter-offensive to that of March. 191i.

the war hu another ellht months to go n Europe-Prom the‘ Oi- tewq, Gltilen. mwprt brideemlnrrivingtin found; 11.5 hlnk a 001m FY In?‘ thing but. nppreeiltlve of their Preeenoe when are ticketed ‘ by landlord because they happen to have a child 0r chl1dren.-—Bro':k- Ville Recorder and Times.

Just about the best line of the Year ls Winston Churchill's "De- mocmcy is no harlot to be picked 111i in the street by a man with a tommyzun." And it: might. be a good ldeii to post it on trees and] billboards in ell liberated ooun- trles.—-New York Sun.

blunt u! the historic city I Budapest her been destroyed. Much more will meet e similar fate. Hunglry is paying the price of smallness in size and for un- fortunate ueogrnphle location-and also for mistaken political lender- SfllP.—B!'lhl.fOfd Expositor.

A see monitor. lb feet long nnii Wfilglilllfl a ton. has been washed ashore on Thurso sands. No ex- pert has been able to identify the creature. which has n long taper- ing neck and a smell heed. the lines of the neck and body are similar to those of a swan. Aberdeen Journal.

We Inuei. lieel ourselves for tasks of n magnitude fer greater than those we thought we freed only s few weeks ago and we must face the inevitable leases in the field that those tasks will incur. In such it situation the use of every trained mln will be needed. and our future army drafts should. 1n all likelihood. be stepped up Just. as they are being increased in both the United States and great Britain. — Winnipeg llree

ress.

It in an unfortunate fact that time and time again throughout history. high defence have been obtained by aptly-nem- ed "desk generals. In peacetime, professional soldiers often achieve promoptlon to the most responsible positions by seniority. rather than

by ability. "Colonel Rimps" be- comes generals simply because l hey have outlived their pre-

decessors-Cnetham News.

The export of newsprint in the chief item in our ability to pay for the many things Mitch we buy from the United States. This ls our product against which the United States has raised on trade barriers. for the reason that the great. country to the south needs our ticwsprlnt as badly as our news» print manufacturers need the Un- ited Slates market.—St. Thomas flimcs-Journal.

‘Kline haunts on the farm were

again demonstrated by the death recently at Chicago of tiie famous Canadian Holstein bull. Moritvfc Renown, which sold for the Can- adian record price of $14,000 two years n80 iit Brant-ford, Ont.. snvs the Quebec ‘ Chronicle-Telegraph. A nail killed him. He had swal- lowed it. and died following an operation for its removal from his stomach. (ti-edit Unions continue to mul- tiply iii Alberta with significant rapidity. 'l‘here are now 165 of these organizations in the nrflvince. They have assets amounting; to 3750.000. They have made onus aggregating $2,500,000. They have 14,339 members, holding nearly $640,000 in shares. The first. Union was organized in 1959. with C9 members and $208 in share ne- fOtliiflN-—Fi'0m the Edmonton Bill- e n.

.11 is. I think. a sign of the time: that, ii woman farmer ,1: to be one of tho four farmers who are visit the United States and Can- ada to learn and lecture. They

l" than weret. some of the compett-g

Mr. ; for the pelt comparison i: sound. In that can. L‘

their applications. landlord after "d m,‘ Qyiamgfly they brqug

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(Saint John m ispii-Jouraiiiil fixes have afinitely gone}

. You don't have to 100K any further thui the prize 11st of 1 the seventh annual fox pelt. show , of the New Brunswick Fur Farm- ers’ Association to find that oui.l White marked silver. extra pale white marked sliver. light full ring neck. extra lizht. ‘full ring neck,» platinum silver. extra light pllt- inum silver. white face crosses —-|

tlve clones. One award went. to, Russell Coipitts. of Salisbury, oi’ e new and u yet. typelof foxtgeveloped by rousing ptnr p: um: m chocolate elven. - f You wouldn't luv: to be one of. the okint. fur lei-men our’ province to remember when there‘ were oniymtwo nde of fox-win. ed

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fabulous prices - as much as‘ $20,000 for a pair of breeders.

White Mire. in those days. Weir considered to detract from a black

fox pelt. and were carefully re-

moved with tweezers. But. as fox] ranching increased. blacks zrew

common. The carriage trade want-

ed. and got. n new fox-the silver.

This was obtained by plcklniz out

blacks with a generous sprinkling} of silver hair. and breedlnit 591-, eetively for the silver.

The bieoll. then the silvers. were only n beginning. Then came crosses and platinum; and n11 the rest. The way things stand the‘ fox farmer ls n bit like the auto- mobile manufacturer used to be’ before the war-he brings out. u new model every year. Another similarity is that he goes in for mus production. and we have a number of farms which pelt hun- dreds end some which pelt thous- ands nf foxes annually.

We know one veteran fox man, who made the statement that he could breed e fox in any shade that e irerdener could grow a

flower. We doubted it at the time. , nadually being

but we're

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IIELLAS REBORN l

The isles of Greece. the isles of‘ u eec

r e.

With Crete and the Dozleeanese. till “' ding unoer ffitl-ei-‘s peace

which law and order guarantees,

Await the liberation div.

But Allied forces still delay.

The Greeks have fought their

Marathon,

We praise the patriot Heller-res, But néziw their flghtinl days are on .

e. The British Army hibervenes. And troops on duty as police Maintain the Foreign Office peacc.

Where liberating armies drive Thev quell internal discontent. And here a dynasty revive, And there a puppet Government,

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held in the COUNCIL

asked to have

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watch that you

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But Athens opened wide iicr doors To comrades. not to coilquerors.

1s Greece now n mantlalod land? Ie Athens but another Rome?

A little Ally out. of hand?

Has Greece not worked her psa-

a home?

Shall reek Resistance be put| To prop the quielinas of the Croiivn?

they . No foreign orce can keep the

To teach HeLenes democracy?

LEEDS, England — lOPI —“Il. is by force of example that, Britain oan retain tier prestige mid inereasai if," Emmanuel Shlnwell. M 11. 851d! here with reference tn "W! 1705M

go officially from one Ministry of Agriculture to the other. Miss Strong's mime is especially as- sociated with Women's Institutes. and wltli the admin-tile Prodursi Guild. It Ls quit/e certain that. after the war women will tlk , much more prominent part in husbandry; and their recruitment‘ will automatically help to encour- age the ideal of local self-suffici- eucy. or the return to what was best. in the village life of Merrie England. suggested (by Professor Fletcher. of Bristol University) that. women are likely to take up and revive some of the dying crafts. Several of these-such as buket-maklnn- ere really better fitted for women than n-ien; because they can be carried on in the home. Is not. the admirably edited In eline cf the Women's Institute oeled Home and Country? - London Specte- r.

I see that it hu been

Some workers have ieit wu- in- dustry because of the influence of the phony over-optimism which be- len to [Olllid off around the coun- try lut summer. Everybody slid the boys would be home by Christ- mas. By now, it; should be bitterly clear to everybody that the war in not over. Sane workers have left wor lniiultry to look for olvf- llen jobs beeeuee they en afraid of postwar cutbacks and read- justmente. They are looking for security, but. they are cliilh in e pntiurtle and dangerous ll iflfi. No one is blr. enouih m errenke n little private reeonvenion pro- gram and to fl: up e little Ili- war future ell by himself. ff e man quits n war Job for n nice steady thing making refrigerators. maybe the refrllerlior plant W131 shut down the nektsveek while it converts beck to urlent. var PN- ductlon. 1f n women quite to my! e nlee amily buuii’ burial» -.n l thrilling win town. innyin the whole town will move from ‘under her end I0 aomefliere else lftn tlie war. There's no telling. No- body e hOPe l0 build l litltie il- liind o perlenll security in s ite- min iit war and s world at war.